5/10
Wooden star
15 April 2021
A film from 1946 with an interesting theme about the problems facing returning soldiers and their families after WW2. It takes a different tack to Best Years of Our Lives but its a good idea poorly executed and just doesn't quite pull it off. Unfortunately it's let down badly by the leading man, Guy Madison. He certainly was good looking so you can see why the studio signed him up but boy, he was no actor. Wooden doesn't describe it. He's dire. And judging from one scene in the film he couldn't dance either. Even more wooden. I gave it a chance but it's difficult to get past the terrible central performance.
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